Books by Mai Jia
language
English
review 1: The best aspect of this novel is the translation. I can't comment on its accuracy, but the translator took a somewhat soulless work of fiction and presented it in elegant, flowing English.On the surface the book sounds irresistible: the story of a genius who becomes involved in a...
language
English
review 1: I liked the historical sweep at the beginning of the novel, the whole family set up of how Rong Jinzhen came to be who and where he was, the politics of late 19th and early 20th century China. It gets more difficult as he becomes the main character because he is so distant and th...